Sectional stacked letter-tray.



No. 893,786. PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

- G. & 0. DL GOLLIS.

SECTIONQL STAGKED LETTER TRAY.

LEPLIOATION FILED APR-29, 1907.

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I COLLIS AND OLIVER D. COLLIS, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ASSIGNORS TO THE OOLLISCOMPANY, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, "A CORPORATION OF IOWA. I

SECTIONAL FTAGKED LETTER-TRAY.

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Specification offlfietters Patent.

Patented m 21, 1908.

Application filed April 29, 1907. Serial No. 370,746.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, Gnonen COLLIS and OLIVER D. COLLIS,"bOth citizensof the United States, residing. at Dubu ue, in the separable lettertrays that may be manufac-' county of Dubuque and Stateof owa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvemerits in Sectional StackedLetter-Trays, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to letter or package trays, and the object is-toprovide a-series of tured singly and nested whenvshipped and thefilbuilt up or added to at pleasure when use It consists preferably ofwoven wire trays of the size-and shape desired and in means view of thedifferent parts of t e e'gs or modified forms of our invention.

standards before they are united together. Fig. 3 and 4 show partialside elevat1ons o 1 Like characters of reference denote correspondingparts in all of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings 2 designates the 1 bottom of the tray, 4 thesides, 5 the rear end i and 6 the front end, and isiconstructed of wirewoven together ,flhe end 6 is cut away for the purpose of readily removng the let- 'ters from the tray. At each corner the wire is formed intoa ring or loop 8..

The legs or standards are formed in sections according to the number oftrays with -which they are used. In Flg. 1 when there are three traysthe lower tray 10 is provided with the'standards 12 having feet 14. On

the upper end of each of these standards 12 is formed a screw 11. Thesection 15 which sustains the next tray 17 aboveis, rovided 50 thescre-w1.1 on the standard 12. The standwith a screw threaded opening in itslower end adapted to been aged by the up er end of-the standard 12. nthe upper en of the standard 15"is formed a screw 16 the same as v ards18 which engage and sustain the upper tray 19 are duplicates ofthestandards 15 jhaving the screw threaded openingm their nj glgwer end anda screw thread-21 on. the top of each. On the top of eachstandard 18 isa an ornamental head which tray and gives the apfpearance. The

or use with this screw havin screw holds; own the to combined tray afinished manner of setting them 11 standard is by inserting the screw ofthe standard 12 through the loop 8 and then screwing the said standardinto the lower end of the standard 15, bringing the shoulders of thestandards 12 and 15 against the top and bottom sides of the loop 8 thusholding the 100 or corner of the tray rigidly between the en s of thetwo standards 12 and 15, and

then'by screwing upon the top of the standard. 15 the head screw the'toptray is held down and combine the two trays rigidly together; Ifitisdesired to add another tray, then the'head screw 20 is removed andanother set of standards 18, are brought into engagement with thestandards 15 the same as thestandards 15 were connected tothe' standards12' and then the head screw 20 is brought into enga ementwith the to ofthe stan ards 18 and t e third tray is ad ed, and thus the trays may 'beadded at pleasure. It will be seen that the adding" of one ormore trayswill in no manner interfere with the use of any tray beneath, as theletters can be removed readily from the, end 6' of each of the traIys'.

11 Figs. 3 and 4 is shown a different mode offorming the. legs orstandards, though their 0' eration is practically the same as those .sown in Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. 3 there is attached to the railing rod orwire 25, that-surrounds the tray and in which the loops 8 are formed, arod 28, which extends down in the inner corner of the tray at the angleof the tray and through between the meshes ofthe tray at the bottom andthen twisted into a loop 30. In this Fig. 3 the ,loop is-shown,forconvenience as projecting outwardly, but referably these loops shouldproject inwardly beneath the tray where they will be out of sight. Thestandards 32, whlch join these loo s with the loop 8 are eachprovidedwit a 100 34 at the upper end and a loop 35 at the ower end whlch loopsare arranged in parallel planes and the standards set at an angle. Thetrays are removably attached together by inserting a screw 38 throughthe loop 30 and loop 34 40 and then inserting a screw 42 through the'loop'35 8 in the lower'tray and securing bolt 45 provided with a largehead 48 is passed through between the meshes of the tray at the bottomcorners and engages the loop 34 and removably secures the standards 32by a screw 50, or the loop may be screw threaded and the bolt engage theloop and be screwed therein. By this mode all that is necessary to add atray is to insert the bolts through the loops 8 of the lower tray andthe loop 35 of the standard 32 and tighten the screw on the end of thebolt.

The manner of shipping the trays is by removing the standards and thenpacking or nesting the trays.

Having now described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, a plurality of wire trays aplurality of tray standards secured to the bottom of said trays, andmeans carried by each tray for securing thereto said standards of thenext adj acent tray.

2. In a device of the character described, a

plurality of wire trays, standards detachably eeepee secured to thebottom thereof, loops formed in said trays and means for securing saidstandards of each tray to the loops of the tray next adjacent.

3. In a device ofthe character described, a plurality of wire trays,rods secured thereto, standards secured to'said rods, loops formed insaid trays and means for securlng the standards of each tray to theloops of the tray next adjacent.

l. In a device of thecharacter described, a plurality of trays, andmeans carried by the bottom of each tray for securing thereto the top ofthe tray next adjacent.

5. In a device of the character described, a

plurality of wire trays, .a plurality of tray standards secured to thebottom of said trays, and means carried by the top of each tray forsecuring thereto the standards of the next adjacent tray.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE COLLIS. OLIVER D. COLLIS.

Witnesses:

M. M. CADY, F..J. KLEIN.

